norcal616 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 they "unofficially" detune the FJ-09 by 17.34% and disables the the 2nd spark plug every 456 miles for 20secs to improve MPG Given your's state of tune I'm surprised you don't run around rotating the dead cylinder every 10 seconds or so unless you're in <3rd gear, over 4K rpm and past 1/2 throttle. Do you even get 80 miles to a tank? sure do! in fact I get an extra 100 miles before I cave in and hit the nearest gas station... its a gas sipper like a Honda Prius above 5k rpms... 2012 wr250f - C-class 30+ age group 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition-80whp 2015 fj-09- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich tune by 2WDW @120whp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member builderbob Posted December 19, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted December 19, 2017 The high-dollar beak and the enormously higher-dollar Akra exhaust are my favorite non-performance enhancing mods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Addition of a beak smooths non-laminar airflow in the crucial low pressure area under the headlight, resulting in a reduced negative lift-ratio. This reduces head shake under acceleration and increases high speed stability. Vortex disruption from the lateral edges of the beak have the additional benefit of breaking up the leading edge high-pressure areas and this stops the formation of stochastic sound waves, characteristically found in the rotor-tips of helicopters. This reduces induced wind noise resulting in a quieter ride. The final benefit of the beak is that the rider is more relaxed due to a quieter, less turbulent ride and this increases blood flow to the frontal lobe and cerebelleum in the brain, increasing concentration and basal testosterone levels. This has been shown to have a 19.3% increase (within 95% confidence intervals) in attractiveness to the opposite sex and lower service charges at Yamaha dealers due to the recognition of increased riding deity. YMMV 1 Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksta43 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Addition of a beak smooths non-laminar airflow in the crucial low pressure area under the headlight, resulting in a reduced negative lift-ratio. This reduces head shake under acceleration and increases high speed stability. Vortex disruption from the lateral edges of the beak have the additional benefit of breaking up the leading edge high-pressure areas and this stops the formation of stochastic sound waves, characteristically found in the rotor-tips of helicopters. This reduces induced wind noise resulting in a quieter ride. The final benefit of the beak is that the rider is more relaxed due to a quieter, less turbulent ride and this increases blood flow to the frontal lobe and cerebelleum in the brain, increasing concentration and basal testosterone levels. This has been shown to have a 19.3% increase (within 95% confidence intervals) in attractiveness to the opposite sex and lower service charges at Yamaha dealers due to the recognition of increased riding deity. YMMV You should be in politics ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Addition of a beak smooths non-laminar airflow in the crucial low pressure area under the headlight, resulting in a reduced negative lift-ratio. This reduces head shake under acceleration and increases high speed stability. Vortex disruption from the lateral edges of the beak have the additional benefit of breaking up the leading edge high-pressure areas and this stops the formation of stochastic sound waves, characteristically found in the rotor-tips of helicopters. This reduces induced wind noise resulting in a quieter ride. The final benefit of the beak is that the rider is more relaxed due to a quieter, less turbulent ride and this increases blood flow to the frontal lobe and cerebelleum in the brain, increasing concentration and basal testosterone levels. This has been shown to have a 19.3% increase (within 95% confidence intervals) in attractiveness to the opposite sex and lower service charges at Yamaha dealers due to the recognition of increased riding deity. YMMV You should be in politics ? (A) He is. (B) - I wish I understood a word of this...... :-S Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattonme Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 BBB's post was plausible-sounding gibberish driven from a jargon word cloud. Much like many a "peer reviewed" academic paper which lines up words resembling an English sentence but is utter nonesense if you try to parse it. That or he cut/pasted from the Brexit negotiation documents written by some back-bencher. At least I hope he was typing in jest... (if not, my apologies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksta43 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 You should be in politics ?(A) He is. (B) - I wish I understood a word of this...... :-S Yeah, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 At least I hope he was typing in jest...I do fully admit to being in jest. And also fully admit that the beak just looks nice, IMHO ? Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 At least I hope he was typing in jest...I do fully admit to being in jest. And also fully admit that the beak just looks nice, IMHO ?I, too, quite like the beaked look, being a BMW GS-er, fully-beaked, for many years. But I cannot come at the AUD$210+ for the item... Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brick Posted December 21, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted December 21, 2017 No. You would REALLY have to be going VERY very fast to have the beak do anything like that! Brick 2015 Yamaha FJ-09 "Red Molly" 2014 Yamaha Super Tenere' ES 1999 Suzuki SV650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal616 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I didnt realize the FJ-09 achieved the speed of sound for the beak to pay off... 2012 wr250f - C-class 30+ age group 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition-80whp 2015 fj-09- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich tune by 2WDW @120whp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpaul Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I didnt realize the FJ-09 achieved the speed of sound for the beak to pay off...Well, you have to re-flash the ECU to eliminate the electronic governor... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duhs10 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 The beaked look has grown on me but I couldn't bring myself to pay for it as I felt it was over priced... well last night I decided to waste that money lol. Guess I will have a beaked FJ soon. '15 FJ-09 w/ lots of extras... Fayetteville, GA, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Trambo Posted March 16, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted March 16, 2018 The beaked look has grown on me but I couldn't bring myself to pay for it as I felt it was over priced... well last night I decided to waste that money lol. Guess I will have a beaked FJ soon.I also really like the look, it really does "complete" the bike IMO, but daggonit the price for a l'il piece of plastic... Nope 2015 Stealth Grey FJ-09 Pilot Base of Operations: Chesterfield, VA Farkels? Lots, nothing flashy, but all functional... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member britelitebob Posted March 17, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted March 17, 2018 The beaked look has grown on me but I couldn't bring myself to pay for it as I felt it was over priced... well last night I decided to waste that money lol. Guess I will have a beaked FJ soon.I also really like the look, it really does "complete" the bike IMO, but daggonit the price for a l'il piece of plastic... Nope No worries mate, now that Powerbronze has done all the design, engineering and marketing, it shouldn't be long before the cheap Chinese knock-offs start showing up on ebay. BLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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